[OZAPRS] ISS

[Wade Smith]

Fantastic. During COVID I was toying will a small APRS via SAT project, but
the lack of clear up to date info is really frustrating.
In essence, I was looking at the feasibility of using APRS via SAT using
QRP and lightweight gear for fun and welfare purposes for say a backpacker
or 4WDer  ##not for safety##.

The list below is what I managed to pull together, obviously, there are
other sats that do APRS, but if they are not on the same freq or use the
same path, it is rather cumbersome and overly difficult for the user to
reconfigure every time.

I would welcome feedback esp if  I am missing something.

Satellite Frequency Path Status
ISS 145.825 ARISS Confirmed operational 17/10/2020
PCSAT-1 (NO-44) 145.825 ARISS Largely Unusable as it defaults to US APRS
freq in failsafe
BRICSAT2 (N0-103) 145.825 ARISS Listed as inactive
QIKCOM-1 145.825 ARISS Unknown
DIWATA-2 (PO-101) 145.825 ARISS Unknown
PSAT (NO-84) 145.825 ARISS Unknown
PSAT2 (NO-104) 145.825 ARISS Unknown
AISAT 145.825 ARISS Unknown

PT 1 - concept http://wadeabout.com/blog/satellite-aprs-for-the-backpacker
PT 2 Prototype testing
http://wadeabout.com/blog/satellite-aprs-for-the-backpacker-pt2


Cheers

Wade


On Sat, 17 Oct 2020 at 11:19, Ray <aprs at exemail.com.au> wrote:

> Hi Wade,
>
> As Scott pointed out the callsign was just a FYI.
>
> Ray vk2tv
>
> On 17/10/20 9:09 am, Wade Smith wrote:
> > Hi Ray
> >
> > It certainly is back on. I got in last night fairly easily on 5w.
> >
> >
> > With the callsign change is that simply an FYI or is that the call
> > that the path should be in place of ARISS (?).
> >
> > W
> >
> > On Sat, 17 Oct 2020 at 08:43, Ray <aprs at exemail.com.au
> > <mailto:aprs at exemail.com.au>> wrote:
> >
> >     For those who haven't yet noticed or heard the long awaited Kenwood
> >     replacement radio for the ISS is now in service and it has certainly
> >     boosted ISS APRS participation in the Land of Oz.
> >
> >     The callsign used is now NA1SS.
> >
> >     Ray vk2tv
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Wade

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